Legal Opinion

Hatwood v. Hospital of the University

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 5, 2012PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

PANELLA, J.

Appellants, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (“HUP”) and Peter Chen, M.D., appeal from the judgment entered on October 18, 2011, by the Honorable Frederica Massiah-Jackson, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. After careful review, we affirm.

This appeal arises from a medical malpractice action concerning the delivery and *1234subsequent death of Hyseem Jacobs. Baby Hyseem’s mother, Kyra Hatwood, presented at HUP just after midnight on March 22, 2006. After evaluation and monitoring, Baby Hyseem was born via caesarean section at 3:42 a.m. He required…

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